Artnet News spoke to Robilant+Voena about current trends in collecting historic works, especially among younger collectors. Vivenne Chow visited R+V's Frieze Masters booth, where she met Associate Michele di Robilant and collector Andrea Gho.
Vivienne Chow writes: "At Frieze Masters on Wednesday’s VIP day, 29-year-old dealer Michele di Robilant animatedly greeted visitors at the Robilant+Voena booth, enthusiastically recounting the stories behind its highlights—a 15th-century gold-ground altarpiece by Neri di Bicci displayed alongside works by Modern masters like Lucio Fontana and Pablo Picasso.
Among those at the booth was collector Andrea Gho. Growing up under the influence of his grandfather, the late architect Gigi Gho, the 35-year-old was initially drawn to art by his grandfather’s friends, such as Fontana and Fausto Melotti, along with other postwar Italian names. After moving to London a decade ago, he began expanding his collection with both contemporary and international art, but is increasingly drawn to older works.
“I love cross-collecting,” Gho said, pointing at di Bicci’s Tobias and Archangel Raphael with Saints (ca. 1475). “I would love to have a collection in which Old Masters are having a dialogue with postwar art. This kind of art will never go out of style, and its value will last forever.”
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